Stafford is a battery-electric shunting engine from The Island of Sodor who shunts around Anderson City Freight Depot and Shunting Yard, the coach yard, and Anderson City Central.

Stafford is a humble, courteous little chap with a Yorkshire accent. He is a very different sort of engine from any other on the North Western Railway. This is because Stafford is an electric battery engine; he is not a steam engine or a diesel engine. Stafford is fueled by recharging his battery, which needs to be done frequently so he can go about his work as a shunting engine. Stafford is very patient, calm and mannerly. He does not let the antics of the bigger, haughtier engines bother him too much, keeps level-headed as he goes about his day, and brushes off any troubles without much fuss. He is more than content with taking things slow and not having to travel long distances and he is more than proud to work on both the NWR and the Transportainian Railway Co..

His voice should at least come close to sounding like Keith Wickham.